"The Last Tycoon" Chinese Theatrical Poster
Twitch Film has some jaw-dropping news: director Wong Jing (God of Gamblers, Jackie Chan’s City Hunter) and producer Andrew Lau (Infernal Affairs, Storm Riders) are uniting Hong Kong legends Chow Yun Fat and Sammo Hung, two men who need no introduction to Cityonfire.com readers, for a new movie.
The film, titled The Last Tycoon, is based on the story of real life crime boss Du Yuesheng, who ruled the Shangai underworld with an iron fist during the 1920’s and 30’s. Twitch notes that Chow Yun Fat previously portrayed Du Yuesheng in The Bund, the television show that launched his career back in the 80’s. In addition, The Last Tycoon is expected to be screened in IMAX in China.
The film also stars veteran Hong Kong actor Francis Ng.
Update: The project is currently being filmed. To add confusion, Wong Jing has apparently decided to release a different movie under The Last Tycoon’s original title Once Upon a Time in Shanghai. Chow Yun Fat has been promoting the film at the Shanghai Film Fest and even posed in costume with the rest of the cast for a photo op.
The production crew of The Last Tycoon threw a wrap-up party recently in Shanghai. Chow Yun Fat stated this was the first time he’d worked with a Hong Kong crew in over 10 years and that the experience was a pleasure. Fat confirms that Sammo Hung is in the film.
A teaser trailer is now online, although be warned that it doesn’t show much of the movie at all. Actor Huang Xiaoming and Chow Yun Fat will play the same character, just in different stages of his life.
A new poster for the film straight out of the Toronto Film Festival. Perhaps even more exciting is this picture of Chow Yun Fat with guns blazing just like the good ‘ol days. While we wait for a full-length trailer for the film, check out some new stills here and here. Check out the new poster, as well as some pictures from the promotional tour.
BREAKING NEWS: Sammo Hung spoke briefly about what it was like to finally collaborate with his longtime box office rival, Chow Yun Fat. And don’t miss the latest trailer online.
Just to let you know,Wong Jing directed Mercenaries from Hong Kong.that movie is awesome.
This is the coolest asian film news I’ve heard in years.
Wong Jing is my favourite film-maker. In fairness to him, he proved with Crying Heart that he can direct a drama with no comedy or action.
Wong Jing is your favorite director? Huh. Wow. I enjoy a handful of his movies, like City Hunter, High Risk, and My Schoolmate the Barbarian (which he co-directed).
Yep. I like him so much that I want him to direct an adaptation of my novel.
I think he’s the king of action comedies due to the stuff that he’s done with Jackie Chan, Jet Li, Andy Lau, Michelle Yeoh, Stephen Chow, Chow Yun-Fat, Aaron Kwok, Danny Lee, Lam Ching Ying and Sammo Hung (which includes Pantyhose Hero).
It’s too bad that he never directed a movie starring Moon Lee and Yukari Oshima.
Kuby, don’t know about Wong Jing being ANYBODY’s favorite filmmaker (kidding!), but it’s definitely cool to see you posting. =D
It’s good to be back. =) Facebook got old and MySpace was inactive. =>
The Jing movies that inspired by first novel are:
1) High Risk (indirect lampooning).
2) God of Gamblers Returns (the mixture of kids movie and adult movie elements).
3) Royal Tramp (black people are hard to identify in the dark).
4) Kung Fu Cult Master (a complex yet fast-paced story).
5) Pantyhose Hero (a superhero-fixated martial artists who kills homosexuals).
6) Crocodile Hunter (a killer who wants to rape an actress).
7) Naked Killer (a rapist trapped in a basement).
8) The Big Score (a pregnant woman is raped).
9) City Hunter (a villain whose name is a variation of MacDonald).
10) Return to a Better Tomorrow (two shotguns fired at once).
If I’m not mistaken Francis Ng is also working on this movie. I’ve only read about that in the Chinese press, though, so this is dependent on the accuracy of google translate. I’ll try to find the linky.
Here’s a link to a Chinese-language news story about the movie: stars CYF, Huang Xiaoming, Francis Ng. No mention of Sammo here but his name appears in other news reports about it.
http://news.sina.com.tw/article/20120620/7103182.html
Can’t wait!
Thanks for the info! Glad to hear that Francis Ng is involved. He’s been one of my favorite actors ever since I saw him in “Bullets Over Summer.”
It might be a good movie, but that teaser blows.